TW202322018A - Method for providing product information and device therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed is a method of providing item information based on a shelf life of an item, the method including identifying a first item provided by an item sales service and having first identification information, checking a remaining shelf life of a plurality of stock keeping units (SKUs) corresponding to the first item in a fulfillment center, allocating a first set of SKUs having the remaining shelf life corresponding to a first condition among the plurality of SKUs as a second item having second identification information, and providing information on the second item to a user terminal using the item sales service.

Description

Method and device for providing product information

The present invention relates to a method for providing item information and a device thereof. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method of providing item information based on the shelf life of an item and an electronic device thereof.

As the proportion of e-commerce for online purchase of items increases with the development of electronic technology, customers can access e-commerce services and purchase items without physically going to a shopping mall or market. However, a typical e-commerce service sells items on the same platform regardless of the shelf life of the items, and manages inventory by discarding expired items. In that case, the customer purchases the item near the item's expiration date at the same price as the item not approaching the item's expiration date. Also, a large number of items that are difficult to sell due to the approaching expiration date are sold, resulting in losses.

To address this problem, typical e-commerce services manage expiration dates for items and sell items near the expiration date at a discounted price from the original price. However, inventory management becomes difficult and resources are wasted while jointly managing items near their expiration date and items not near their expiration date. Additionally, there is a need to offer items at a more discounted price in terms of providing benefits only to specific members who have subscribed to the service, rather than just clearing out items with approaching expiration dates to customers who happen to access the e-commerce service. In this regard, reference may be made to previous documents such as KR 10-2013-0018430A.

At the same time, customers who purchase a specific item with an approaching expiration date wish to inquire when they can purchase the item and under what conditions how much benefit they can enjoy for the convenience of purchase. Therefore, in order to meet such customer needs, e-commerce services need to intuitively provide information about the purchase of items with approaching expiration dates.

[Technical target] An aspect of the present invention provides a method and an apparatus thereof for providing item information based on a shelf life of an item. The technical aspects of the present invention are not limited to the above-mentioned technical aspects, and other technical aspects can be inferred from the following exemplary embodiments.

[Technical solution] According to an aspect, a method of providing item information based on a shelf life of an item is provided, the method comprising: identifying a first item provided by an item sales service having first identification information; checking in a fulfillment center A remaining shelf life of a plurality of stock keeping units (SKUs) corresponding to the first item; assigning a first group of SKUs among the plurality of SKUs having the remaining shelf life corresponding to a first condition as having a second a second item of identification information; and providing information about the second item to a user terminal using the item sales service.

According to another aspect, there is provided an electronic device for providing item information based on a shelf life of an item, the electronic device comprising: a communication device; a storage device; and a controller configured to control the A communication device and the storage device. The controller is further configured to: identify, via the storage device, a first item provided by an item sales service and having first identification information; check a plurality of items corresponding to the first item in a fulfillment center via the communication device A remaining shelf life of a stock keeping unit (SKU); assigning a first group of SKUs with the remaining shelf life corresponding to a first condition among the plurality of SKUs as a second item with second identification information; and providing information about the second item to a user terminal using the item sales service via the communication device.

According to yet another aspect, there is provided a terminal for providing item information based on a shelf life of an item, the terminal comprising: a communication device; an output device; and a processor operatively coupled to the A communication device and the output device. The processor is configured to: receive information about a first item with first identification information and information about a second item with second identification information from an electronic device via the communication device; providing the information about the first item on a first page; and generating a second page based on the information about the first item and providing the information about the second item on the second page via the output device Information. The second item is an item corresponding to a first set of SKUs among a plurality of stock-keeping units (SKUs) corresponding to the first item, the first set of SKUs having a remaining shelf life corresponding to a first condition .

Details of other example embodiments are included in the detailed description and drawings.

[Effect] According to the present invention, when the remaining storage life of an item having the same attribute is equal to or less than a preset period, the item is managed using the existing information of the item but using separate item identification information, which makes inventory management convenient and resource efficient use.

In addition, the page for selling items with an approaching expiration date is separate from the page for selling items with a sufficient remaining shelf life, and it is provided only to users who meet certain requirements among users authorized to use the item selling service. Conditional users, this service encourages use and intuitively provides discount information for item purchases.

The effects of the present invention are not limited to the effects mentioned above, and other effects not mentioned will be clearly understood by those skilled in the art based on the description of the claims.

The terminology used in the exemplary embodiments has been chosen to be generic terminology that is currently in broadest use while taking into account the functionality in this invention, but such terms may vary depending on the intent of those skilled in the art, a precedent, new technology appear and so forth. In addition, in a specific case, there are terms arbitrarily selected by the applicant, and in this case, the meaning will be explained in detail in the corresponding description. Therefore, the terms used in the present invention should be defined based on the meaning of the terms and the entire content of the present invention rather than just the names of the terms.

Throughout the specification, unless stated otherwise, when it is stated that a part "includes" or "includes" a specific component, it means that other components may be further included, and other components are not excluded. In addition, the terms such as "... part", "... module" and the like set forth in the specification mean a device that can be implemented as hardware or software or a combination of hardware and software for performing at least one function or operation. one unit.

Throughout the specification, the expression "at least one of a, b and c" may include "only a", "only b", "only c", "a and b", "a and c", "b and c" Or "all a, b, and c".

The "terminal" mentioned below can be implemented as a computer or a portable terminal that can access a server or other terminals through a network. Here, computers include, for example, a notebook computer equipped with a web browser, a desktop computer, a laptop computer, and the like, and portable terminals are, for example, guaranteed to be portable A wireless communication device of sex and mobility, which may include all kinds of handheld-based wireless communication devices, including communication-based terminals, such as IMT (International Mobile Telecommunications), CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access), W- CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access), LTE (Long Term Evolution), smartphones, tablet PCs, and the like.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains can easily implement the exemplary embodiments. However, the present invention can be implemented in various forms and is not limited to the exemplary embodiments set forth herein. In the present invention, an item may mean a single item or a group of items of the same type. Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a system of a method for providing item information according to an example embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 1 , an item information providing system may include an electronic device 10 , a user terminal 20 and a fulfillment center (FC) 30 . In the item information providing system shown in FIG. 1, only components related to this exemplary embodiment are shown. Therefore, those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains will understand that in addition to the components illustrated in FIG. 1 , other general purpose components may be further included.

The electronic device 10 and the user terminal 20 can communicate with each other via a network (not shown). The network includes a local area network (LAN), a wide area network (WAN), a value-added network (VAN), a mobile radio communication network, a satellite communication network and a combination thereof. It is a data communication network in a general sense that enables each network component shown in Figure 1 to communicate smoothly with each other, and may include a wired Internet, a wireless Internet and a mobile wireless communication network. Wireless communication can be, for example, Wireless LAN (Wi-Fi), Bluetooth, Bluetooth Low Energy, Zigbee, WFD (Wi-Fi Direct), UWB (Ultra Wideband), Infrared Communication (IrDA, Infrared Data Association) , NFC (Near Field Communication) and the like, but not limited to.

According to an exemplary embodiment, the electronic device 10 may be included in a server for managing information about a first item and a second item provided by an item sales service and about a SKU stored in the FC 30 One of the devices for information on (SKU). In addition, the item information providing system may be a system that operates in association with an item sales service.

The electronic device 10 may identify a first item provided by the item sales service, and check information about a plurality of SKUs corresponding to the first item in the FC 30 . Here, the first item has first identification information, and the items can be classified and managed through the identification information. According to an exemplary embodiment, the electronic device 10 may check the remaining shelf lives of the plurality of SKUs corresponding to the first item in the FC 30 . The shelf life in the present invention may refer to a term including an expiration date and a shelf life that are generally recommended for items other than fresh produce.

According to an example embodiment, the electronic device 10 may identify SKUs among the plurality of SKUs in the FC 30 that have a remaining shelf life corresponding to a first condition and designate these SKUs as the first group of SKUs. Then, the electronic device 10 can allocate the first group of SKUs as the second items with the second identification information. According to an exemplary embodiment, the first identification information and the second identification information are different. The second item is the same item as the first item, but after it is classified as the second item, the second item can be managed using the item identification information and sales cycle different from the item identification information and sales cycle of the first item . According to an example embodiment, the first condition is a condition wherein the remaining shelf life among the plurality of SKUs corresponding to the first item is less than or equal to the first period.

According to another exemplary embodiment, when an item status requires quick sales among a plurality of SKUs corresponding to the first item, the SKU can be designated as the first group of SKUs. For example, if an item is damaged due to movement and storage issues or there is a risk that the item's quality may degrade despite sufficient shelf life, the SKU can be assigned as a secondary item and item information can be provided to the user Terminal 20.

According to an exemplary embodiment, the electronic device 10 can provide the user terminal 20 with information about the second item. Information about the second item may be provided on one of the pages that only sell the second item. For example, information about a first item may be provided on a first page, and information about a second item may be provided on a second page, wherein the first page and the second page may be different pages. Moreover, the electronic device 10 may set the second page to be provided only to users who satisfy a preset condition among users authorized to use the item sales service. According to an exemplary embodiment, the electronic device 10 can generate the second page based on the information about the first item, and can provide the information about the second item by providing the second page to the user terminal 20 . For example, the electronic device 10 can copy the information of the first item as it is and use it as the information of the second item. However, procedures for managing and selling items after changing to the second item are performed using only information on the second item. For example, the electronic device 10 can separately manage the remaining storage life of the second item, and can also determine the selling price to be different from the selling price of the first item. Meanwhile, purchase review information according to the purchase of the first item may be mapped to the first item and managed. Therefore, when the SKU corresponding to the first item is allocated as the second item, the review information on the first item will also be copied through the information copying process. However, the purchase review information according to the purchase of the second item after changing to the second item will be managed by being mapped only to the second item.

According to an exemplary embodiment, after providing the information about the second item to the user terminal 20 , the electronic device 10 may determine whether the remaining shelf life of the first set of SKUs corresponds to the second condition in the FC 30 . The second condition is a condition in which the remaining shelf life among the plurality of SKUs is equal to or less than a second period, and the second period may be shorter than the first period. According to an exemplary embodiment, the electronic device 10 may remove from the FC 30 an SKU having a remaining shelf life corresponding to the second condition among the SKUs of the first group.

According to an exemplary embodiment, the electronic device 10 can check the remaining shelf life of the plurality of SKUs stored in the FC 30 in real time, and thus, the stock status and the remaining shelf life of the second item can be changed in real time. For example, a new SKU corresponding to the first condition can be identified, and the second item of the SKU with the remaining shelf life corresponding to the second condition can be discarded, so that the inventory status and remaining shelf life of the second item can be changed. Thus, the second item may not be a bundle of items with the same remaining shelf life, but there may be a bundle of a plurality of items with different remaining shelf lives satisfying the first condition. Also, the stock status of the second item may change based on sales of the second item. According to an example embodiment, in addition to the situation where the second item is picked based on an order quantity in FC 30, the inventory status of the second item may also be responsive to an order for the second item, identify a new SKU or Varies by dropping items. At the same time, the electronic device 10 may instruct to preferentially pick the second item in the FC 30 with a shorter remaining shelf life.

When the second item is sold through the user terminal 20 and the remaining shelf lives of the plurality of SKUs are checked in the FC 30 , the electronic device 10 may update the first set of SKUs. In addition, the electronic device 10 can modify the information about the second item according to the updated first set of SKUs and provide the information to the user terminal 20 .

The user terminal 20 may receive a purchase request for the second item from a user. Then, the user terminal 20 may transmit the purchase request to the electronic device 10 and provide a shopping cart page including discount information about the second item in response to the purchase request. In this case, the discount information provided on the shopping cart page may include information about a service applied to the purchase of the second item and a discount rate for the second item. Moreover, the user terminal 20 may transmit a purchase request to the electronic device 10 , and the electronic device 10 may transmit a pick request for one of the first group of SKUs to the FC 30 in response to the purchase request.

According to an exemplary embodiment, when providing the information about the second items, the user terminal 20 may provide the information about the plurality of second items in the order of the shortest remaining discount period corresponding to the plurality of second items. In addition, the user terminal 20 may provide information about the plurality of second items, including a sales price, a discount rate, and a remaining discount period of each of the plurality of second items. According to an exemplary embodiment, a discount rate for each of the plurality of second items may be set differently over time. For example, the discount rate can increase over time. Also, the sales price of each of the plurality of second items may be a price that applies a discount rate of each of the plurality of second items to the sales price of the first item. That is, the second item having a shorter remaining shelf life can be sold at a price much lower than the sales price of the first item. According to an exemplary embodiment, the remaining discount period is reduced instantly, and the user terminal 20 may display information about the plurality of second items differently according to whether the remaining discount period is less than or equal to a predetermined time.

FC 30 is a warehouse where items are stored, and it is a physical space where items are received and stored, and when an order is received for an item in inventory, the corresponding item is picked and ready for delivery. FC 30 is a space where, upon receiving a request from electronic device 10, a worker in FC 30 performs a task of storing or picking up an item in response to the request.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a method of allocating a portion of a first item as one of a second item, according to an example embodiment.

According to an exemplary embodiment, in operation 120 , among the plurality of SKUs 110 corresponding to the first item 100 , it may be determined that the remaining shelf life of the SKU satisfies a first condition. According to an example embodiment, the first condition is a condition wherein the remaining shelf life among the plurality of SKUs corresponding to the first item is less than or equal to the first period. For example, SKUs with a remaining shelf-life of 7 days or less are classified as a first group of SKUs and can be assigned as a second item.

SKUs with a remaining shelf life greater than the first period will remain as SKUs corresponding to the first item 100 (NO at operation 120), and SKUs with a remaining shelf life less than or equal to the first period will be sorted for the first set of SKUs 130 (at operation 120, YES). Then, the first set of SKUs 130 can be allocated as the second item 200 and managed with identification information different from that of the first item 100 .

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a state of a SKU based on a storage time in an FC 30 according to an example embodiment.

According to an exemplary embodiment, from the time point 310 when the SKU corresponding to the first item is received into the FC 30 to when the remaining shelf life of the SKU satisfies the first condition and thus the SKU is classified as the first group of SKUs and assigned A cycle of time points 320 for the second item is referred to as a first item cycle 330 . A period from the time point 320 allocated as the second item to the time point 340 when the SKU whose remaining shelf life satisfies the second condition among the first group of SKUs is removed from the FC 30 is called the second item period 350 . The period from the point in time 340 of SKU removal to the expiration date 360 of the SKU is referred to as the discard period 370 . In this case, an item 300 belonging to the first item cycle 330 corresponds to the first item, and information about the item 300 can be provided on a first page (eg, a general item sales page). When the item 300 belongs to the second item cycle 350, the item 300 is in a state corresponding to the second item, and information about the item 300 can be provided on a second page (eg, a discounted item sales page). In this case, the item 300 may be sold at a discounted price compared to when belonging to the first item cycle 330 . Also, when the item 300 is for sale on the second page, the expiration date of the item 300 may be approaching. That is, when an item 300 falls within the discard cycle 370, the item 300 will no longer be sold and will be removed from the FC 30.

According to an example embodiment, the first condition is a condition for classifying a portion of a first item as a second item, and it is one in which the remaining shelf life among the SKUs corresponding to the first item is less than the first period One condition. The second condition is the one for removing a portion of the second item from FC 30 and may be one in which the remaining shelf-life among the first set of SKUs corresponding to the second item is less than a second period. Here, the second period may be shorter than the first period. According to an exemplary embodiment, since the first item and the second item are managed using different identification information, even if the first item and the second item relate to the same item, their prices can be set separately, and their prices can be separately adjusted. Make sales and manage item order details individually.

Referring to FIG. 3, if the shelf life of a particular item 300 is 15 days after the stocking date 310, then the first period is 7 days and the second period is 3 days since the time point 310 when the SKU was stocked in the FC 30 When 8 days have passed (time point 320 ), the SKUs corresponding to the item 300 are classified into the first group of SKUs and allocated as the second item. When 4 days have passed since the point in time 320 when the first group of SKUs corresponding to item 300 was allocated as the second item, the SKU corresponding to item 300 is removed from FC 30 (point in time 340).

FIG. 4 illustrates a diagram of an item information providing page according to an exemplary embodiment.

The item information providing page 400 in FIG. 4 may provide information 410 about at least one second item. There may be multiple pieces of information 410 about the second item, and therefore, when it is not possible to provide all the information on one screen of the item feed page 400, by scrolling the screen left and right or up and down And provide information 410 about a plurality of items.

According to an exemplary embodiment, the item information providing page 400 may provide information 410 on the plurality of second items in the order of the shortest remaining discount periods corresponding to the plurality of second items. That is, information may be provided starting with an item with the shortest period to which a discount is applied.

The information 410 about the second item may include sales information 420 and a remaining discount period 430, and the sales information 420 may include a sales price and a discount rate of the item. According to an exemplary embodiment, the remaining discount period 430 indicates a remaining period for which the corresponding second item can be offered at a discounted price. For each of the plurality of second items, the information 410 about the second item may be displayed differently depending on whether the remaining discount period 430 is less than or equal to a predetermined time. For example, when the remaining period for which the discount is applicable is 24 hours or less, the remaining discount period 430 may be displayed as a red box. Alternatively, when the remaining period for which the discount is applicable is more than 24 hours, the remaining period of the discount can be displayed 430 as a black box. Thus, a user using the item sale service can more quickly identify items that are nearing the end of the discount.

Referring to FIG. 4, in the information about the second item 410, the remaining discount period 430 is 24 hours or less, 23:59:59, and thus it can be displayed as a red box. According to an exemplary embodiment, the remaining discount period 430 may be superimposed on an image based on the information about the second item. In FIG. 4, the sale information 420 may include "7,900 won" which is the sale price of the item, and a discount rate "21%" which generates this price. According to an exemplary embodiment, the discount rate may be highlighted and displayed. For example, the discount rate can be highlighted and displayed in the form of an icon in which numbers are written. Also, the sales information 420 may contain price information '10,000 won' before the discount is applied, and the price information before the discount may be blurred so as not to be highlighted from the sales price. Also, the price information before the discount may correspond to the sales price of the first item. That is, the sales price of the second item in the sales information 420 may be a price applying a discount rate from the sales price of the first item. According to an exemplary embodiment, the sale message 420 may add a phrase indicating that a discount may be applied to the user if the item is purchased now. For example, the sales information 420 can use a phrase such as "instant discount" to inform the user that when the item is purchased immediately, the user can purchase it at a discounted price.

According to an exemplary embodiment, information about a first item may be provided on a first page, information about a second item may be provided on a second page, and the item information providing page 400 may correspond to the second page. According to another embodiment, information about the second item may be provided together on the first page. In this case, the second item may not be provided on the first page during the entire saleable period of the second item, but may be provided on the first page only during a specific period to distinguish it from the second page.

According to an exemplary embodiment, the information 410 about the second item may be updated in real time according to the sales status of the second item, or may be updated periodically according to a period for determining the stock status of the second item. For example, when the FC 30 checks the inventory status of an item at 7:00 am every day, the information 410 about the second item may be updated every day at about 7:00 am. According to an example embodiment, the information 410 about the second item may be deactivated according to the sales status of the second item. For example, if the second item offered on the item feed page 400 is sold out, if inventory for the second item still exists but the remaining discount period has expired, and since the SKU may be converted to the second item, when a discount When scheduled to open, information about the second item may be disabled 410 . According to an example embodiment, when inventory for the second item still exists but the remaining discount period has expired, the information 410 about the second item may not be deactivated, but the information may be changed to prevent further orders at a discounted price. When the discount is scheduled to open, in a state where the information about the second item 410 is inactive, the time before the scheduled opening time can be displayed as a real-time count as in the remaining discount period 430 remaining time.

FIG. 5 illustrates a diagram of an item information providing page according to another exemplary embodiment.

The item information providing page 500 in FIG. 5 can provide information 510 about at least one second item. There may be multiple pieces of information 510 about the second item, and therefore, when it is not possible to provide all the information on one screen of the item feed page 500, by scrolling the screen left and right or up and down And provide information 510 about a plurality of items.

According to an exemplary embodiment, the information 510 about the second item may include sales information 520 and information 530 about a service applied to the purchase of the second item. The sales information 520 may include a sales price and a discount rate of one of the items, and may further include price information before discounts are applied. According to an exemplary embodiment, the item information providing page 500 of FIG. 5 may correspond to the above second page providing information about a second item. The second page is a page provided to users who satisfy a preset condition among users authorized to use the item sales service, and may not be a page that can be provided to everyone who uses the item sales service. For example, among users who subscribe to the item sales service, only a merchant member who subscribes to a paid service or a member who subscribes to the item sales service and completes internal user authentication can access and provide information about the second item to the second page. Therefore, the item information providing page 500 is a page for selling discounted items, and the discount rate applied to the sales price of the second item may not be emphasized and displayed, which is also provided on the first page differently from FIG. 4 The page 400.

Referring to FIG. 5 , the information on the second item 510 may display sales information 520 and information on the service applied to the purchase of the second item 530 at the bottom of one image according to the information on the second item. In FIG. 5 , the sales information 520 may include "11,000 won" which is the sales price of an item, and a discount rate "50%" which results in a discount of this price, and may further include price information "22,000 won" before the discount is applied. The price information before the discount may be blurred to be less conspicuous compared with the sale price, and may correspond to the sale price of the first item. According to an example embodiment, the sales information 520 may add a phrase associated with the second page (such as "Family Offer") to inform the user that the corresponding item is on sale and only available to users with a specific privilege.

According to an exemplary embodiment, the information 530 about the service applicable to the purchase of the second item may be highlighted in the form of an icon in which a phrase is written. Referring to FIG. 5, the information 530 about the service applied to the purchase of the second item is in the form of "Home Closed Store Sale" written in a square icon indicating that the service is applied and a discounted price is available for the second item to buy.

FIG. 6 illustrates a diagram of a shopping cart page according to an order for a second item, according to an example embodiment.

According to an exemplary embodiment, a user may purchase a second item on item feed pages 400 and 500 as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 , and upon receiving a purchase for the second item from an electronic device After requesting, the shopping cart page 600 can be moved to immediately.

According to an exemplary embodiment, the shopping cart page 600 may include purchase condition information 610 and order information 620 . The purchase condition information 610 is information indicating a minimum amount condition that must be satisfied to purchase the second item included in the shopping cart, and may be determined based on the sales price of the second item included in the shopping cart. For example, the sum of the selling prices of the second items included in the shopping cart is compared with the minimum amount condition, and the purchase condition information 610 may display the sum of the item prices relative to the minimum amount condition. Purchase condition information 610 may be implemented through a user interface that may indicate that the price of the target item exceeds a minimum amount by a value, such as a progress bar.

The order information 620 may include an item image of the second item, an item name, an expected arrival time at the time of ordering, and a last order time meeting the expected arrival time. In addition, the order information 620 may further include discount information 621 about the second item, and the discount information 621 includes a sales price of the second item, a discount rate, and a sales price before the discount is applied. The sales price before the discount is applied may be the sales price of the first item corresponding to the SKU before being allocated as the second item, and the price at which the discount rate is applied to the sales price of the first item may be the sales price of the second item. The discount rate can be displayed in the form of a graph, in which the discount rate is highlighted by writing. Moreover, the discount information 621 may further include a phrase associated with the second page (such as "family discount") to indicate that the second item can only be purchased by users with a specific privilege.

According to an example embodiment, the discount information 621 may display information 622 about a service applicable to the purchase of the second item as a separate icon. The information 622 on the service applied to the purchase of the second item may be displayed together with the discount information 621 or may be displayed separately in front of the item name of the second item.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing item information according to an example embodiment. The electronic device can be the electronic device 10 of the article information providing system, and the terminal can be the user terminal 20 of the article information providing system.

In operation S701, a first item provided by an item sales service and having first identification information may be identified.

In operation S702, the remaining shelf lives of the plurality of SKUs corresponding to the first item may be checked in the FC 30 . According to an exemplary embodiment, operation S702 may be performed at a specific time. For example, the remaining shelf life of the plurality of SKUs may be checked during a period of time when a user most frequently accesses the item sales service, when an item is newly received, or when logistics is scheduled in the FC 30 . Also, operation S702 may be performed every preset time. For example, the remaining shelf life of the plurality of SKUs can be checked once a day at a predetermined time. According to an example embodiment, if there are many SKUs with very little remaining shelf life among the plurality of SKUs, the remaining shelf life may be checked earlier than a predetermined time. For example, based on the first condition, a SKU with a shelf life of 7 days may be assigned as the second item. When the inventory of SKUs with a shelf life of 8 days is greater than the expected inventory based on previous inventory conditions, more SKUs can be allocated as a second item by checking the remaining shelf life twice a day. In this way, items with an approaching expiration date can be sold quickly by allocating more of the first item as the second item more quickly.

In operation S703, among the plurality of SKUs, a first group of SKUs having a remaining shelf life corresponding to a first condition may be allocated as a second item having second identification information. According to an exemplary embodiment, the first condition may be a condition in which the remaining shelf life among the plurality of SKUs corresponding to the first item is less than or equal to the first period.

In operation S704, information about the second item may be provided to the user terminal using the item sales service. According to an exemplary embodiment, information about a first item may be provided on a first page, information about a second item may be provided on a second page, and the first page and the second page may be different pages. The information on the second item may be provided only to users who satisfy a predetermined condition among users authorized to use the item sales service. According to an exemplary embodiment, the second page can be generated based on the information about the first item, and the information about the second item can be provided to the user terminal through the second page.

According to an exemplary embodiment, sales review information about a first item may be recorded on a first page, and sales review information about a second item may be recorded on a second page. For example, when a second item is selected and purchased from the item information providing page 400 or 500 of FIG. 4 or FIG. 5 and a purchase review of the purchased second item is written, the review is regarded as a purchase of the second item. history to manage.

According to an exemplary embodiment, a purchase request for the second item may be received from the user terminal, and a shopping cart page including discount information on the second item may be provided in response to the purchase request. In this case, the discount information may include information on a service applied to the purchase of the second item and a discount rate of the second item. Additionally, a pick request for a first set of SKUs may be transmitted to FC 30 in response to a purchase request.

According to an exemplary embodiment, there may be a plurality of second items, and in operation S704, information about the second items may be provided in the order of the shortest remaining discount periods corresponding to the plurality of second items. The information about the plurality of second items may include a sale price for each of the second items, a discount rate, and a remaining discount period. According to an exemplary embodiment, the discount rate of each of the plurality of second items is set differently with time, and the sales price of each of the plurality of second items may be the A discount rate of each is applied to a price of the sale price of the first item. In addition, the information on the plurality of second items may be displayed differently according to whether the remaining discount period of the plurality of second items is less than or equal to a predetermined time.

According to an example embodiment, in the case of the second item, the number of items per unit sold at one time may be greater than the number of items per unit sold at one time of the first item. For example, a first item may be sold as one of three items in a bundle, and a second item may be sold as a bundle of five. In this way, there is an advantage that items with an approaching expiration date can be cleared quickly.

According to an exemplary embodiment, in operation S704, an SKU having a remaining shelf life corresponding to the second condition among the first group of SKUs may be removed from the FC 30 . In this case, the second condition is one in which the remaining shelf life of the SKUs of the first set is less than or equal to a second period shorter than the first period. That is, when a predetermined time elapses after the SKU corresponding to the first item is allocated as the second item, the SKU may be discarded at the FC 30 .

According to an example embodiment, the first set of SKUs may be updated based on sales of the second item and identification of the remaining shelf life of the plurality of SKUs. Information about the second item can then be modified based on the updated first set of SKUs. For example, when a second item is sold, the first set of SKUs may be reduced or added, and FC 30 identifies the remaining shelf life of the new SKUs. Thus, there may be a newly dispensed second item, and the information about the second item provided through the user terminal may also be modified.

According to an exemplary embodiment, information on a second item may be selected and provided based on information on a user using the item sales service. The user information includes purchase pattern information, and the user information may be information stored in a server or an electronic device that manages the item sales service.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram of an electronic device illustrating a method for providing item information according to an example embodiment. The electronic device 10 in FIG. 8 may correspond to the electronic device 10 in FIG. 1 .

According to an exemplary embodiment, the electronic device 10 of the present invention may include a communication device 12 , a storage device 14 and a controller 16 . The components shown in FIG. 8 are not required to implement a terminal, so those skilled in the art will appreciate that the electronic devices described in this disclosure may have more or fewer components than those listed above. components. Meanwhile, in an exemplary embodiment, the controller 16 may include at least one processor.

The communication device 12 can communicate with an external device and can include a transceiver. The external device can be a terminal or a server. The communication technology used by the communication device 12 may include GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications), CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access), LTE (Long Term Evolution), 5G, WLAN (Wireless LAN), Wi-Fi (Wireless Fidelity) , Bluetooth™, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), Infrared Data Association (IrDA), ZigBee, Near Field Communication (NFC) and the like, but not limited to.

According to an exemplary embodiment, the communication device 12 may transmit an instruction to the FC 30 to check the remaining shelf lives of the plurality of SKUs corresponding to the first item. Moreover, the communication device 12 can transmit information about the second item to the user terminal 20 . In addition, the communication device 12 receives a purchase request for the second item from the user terminal 20, and may transmit a selection request to the FC 30 or provide the user terminal 20 with one of discount information on the second item. shopping cart page.

The storage device 14 can store overall information associated with the item sales service. For example, storage device 14 may store information about a first item and information about a second item. The electronic device 10 can identify the first identification information of the first item and the second identification information of the second item through the storage device 14 , and can check the information associated with each item to be provided to the user terminal 20 .

The controller 16 can control the overall operation of the electronic device 10 and process data and signals. According to an example embodiment, the controller 16 may identify a first item and cause the FC 30 to check the remaining shelf lives of the plurality of SKUs corresponding to the first item. Additionally, controller 16 may sort SKUs that meet a specified condition of remaining shelf life into a first group of SKUs and assign those SKUs as a second item. The controller 16 may compose the pages such that information about a first item is provided on a first page and information about a second item is provided on a second page, and in this case, according to an example embodiment, may be based on information about The information of the first item constitutes the second page.

According to an exemplary embodiment, when composing the second page, the controller 16 may list information about the plurality of second items in the order of the shortest remaining discount period corresponding to the plurality of second items. In this case, the information about the plurality of second items may include a sale price for each of the items, a discount rate, and a remaining discount period. The controller 16 may set the discount rate differently over time, and may calculate the sales price according to the changed discount rate.

According to an exemplary embodiment, when assigning the SKU corresponding to the first item as the second item, the information about the first item may be copied and recorded in the storage device 14 as the information about the second item. However, procedures related to overall management and sales of the item after the item is changed to the second item may be recorded only as information on the second item. For example, the controller 16 may separately manage the remaining shelf life of the second item, and may determine that the selling price is different from the selling price of the first item. In addition, since the purchase review information based on the purchase of the first item is mapped to the first item and managed, when the SKU corresponding to the first item is allocated as the second item, it is also possible to copy information about Review information of the first item. However, the purchase review information according to the purchase of the second item after changing to the second item will be managed by being mapped only to the second item.

According to an exemplary embodiment, when a purchase request for the second item is received from the user terminal 20 through the communication device 12, the controller 16 may generate a pick request for the first set of SKUs or components containing the second item One of the shopping cart pages for discount information.

Additionally, the controller 16 may check the remaining shelf life of the first set of SKUs and generate an instruction to remove from the FC 30 SKUs with a remaining shelf life of less than a specified period of time. Therefore, items that have not been sold and whose expiration date is approaching will be discarded in FC 30 .

According to an exemplary embodiment, the controller 16 checks the sales status of the second item in real time, and identifies the remaining shelf life of a plurality of SKUs through the FC 30 in each preset period, so as to update the first item corresponding to the second item. The status of the group SKU. Through this operation, the controller 16 can modify the information about the second item provided to the user terminal 20, for example, the stock status or the selling price.

FIG. 9 is a block diagram illustrating a user terminal for a method for providing item information according to an exemplary embodiment. The user terminal 20 in FIG. 9 may correspond to the user terminal 20 in FIG. 1 .

According to an exemplary embodiment, the user terminal 20 of the present invention may include a communication device 22 , an output device 24 and a processor 26 . The components shown in FIG. 9 are not required to implement a terminal, so those skilled in the art will understand that the terminal set forth in this disclosure may have more or fewer components than those listed above. components.

As explained above with respect to the communication device 12 of FIG. 8 , the communication device 22 can communicate with an external device using a wired/wireless communication technique. According to an exemplary embodiment, the communication device 22 may receive information about an item or a page including information about the item from an electronic device 10 . Moreover, the communication device 22 can transmit a request input to the user terminal 20 to the electronic device 10 , and then receive a response to the request from the electronic device 10 .

The output device 24 is used to generate an output associated with a visual, an auditory or a tactile sense, and may include at least one of the following: a display, an audio output portion, a haptic module, and an optical output part. The display can be formed in a layered structure with a touch sensor or integrally, thereby implementing a touch screen. The touch screen can be used as a user input part providing an input interface between the terminal machine and the user, and can provide an output interface between the terminal machine and the user.

According to an exemplary embodiment, the output device 24 may output a first page including information about the first item and a second page including information about the second item. Specifically, on the second page, information about the second item may be provided in order of the shortest remaining discount period, and information about the plurality of second items may be displayed differently depending on whether the remaining discount period is less than or equal to a predetermined time. Item information. In addition, the output device 24 may output a shopping cart page according to a purchase request for the second item, and at this time, output information for highlighting a service applicable to the purchase of the second item on the shopping cart page. and an icon for emphasizing a discount rate of the second item.

The processor 26 can control the overall operation of the user terminal 20 and process data and signals. According to an exemplary embodiment, the processor 26 can control the operation of the communication device 22 and the output device 24 to provide item information. In addition, the processor 26 may compose a to-be-output page based on the information received from the electronic device 10 about the first item and the second item, or identify user information so as to only provide the to-be-output page to a user with a specific privilege. page. For example, since the second page providing information about the second item can only be provided to users who satisfy a predetermined condition among users authorized to use the item sales service, the processor 26 can identify the user The user information or the electronic device 10 receives the user authorization information and controls the output device 24 to selectively provide the second page.

According to an exemplary embodiment, the user terminal 20 may further include an input device (not shown) for receiving a response to the item information provided to the user. The input device may include a camera or an image input section for inputting an image signal, a microphone or an audio input section for inputting an audio signal, and a user input section for receiving information from a user ( For example, a touch key, a mechanical key, etc.). In addition, the input device may include one or more sensors for sensing at least one of: information in the terminal, information about the surrounding environment surrounding the terminal, and user information. For example, an input device may include a proximity sensor, an illumination sensor, a touch sensor, a motion sensor, a finger scan sensor, an optical sensor (for example, a camera), a microphone, and the like. Meanwhile, the mobile terminal of the present invention can combine and utilize information sensed by at least two or more of the sensors.

Devices according to the exemplary embodiments set forth above may include a processor, memory for storing and executing program data, a permanent storage device such as a disk drive, a device for communicating with an external device Communication port, a user interface device (such as a touch panel, a key, a button or the like). The methods implemented as software modules or algorithms can be stored on a computer-readable recording medium as computer-readable code or program instructions executable on a processor. Here, the computer-readable recording medium includes a magnetic storage medium (for example, ROM (Read Only Memory), RAM (Random Access Memory), floppy disk, hard disk, etc.) and an optical reading medium (for example, CD- ROM and DVD (Digital Versatile Disc)). The computer-readable recording medium is distributed on network computer systems, so that computer-readable codes can be stored and executed in a distributed manner. The media can be read by a computer, stored in a memory, and executed on a processor.

Exemplary embodiments of the invention may be represented by a configuration of functional blocks and various processing steps. These functional blocks may be implemented with various numbers of hardware and/or software configurations that perform the specified functions. For example, example embodiments may employ an integrated circuit configuration capable of performing various functions, such as memory, processing, logic, look-up tables, or the like, by controlling one or more microprocessors or other control devices. Similar to components that may be implemented using software programming or software components, the example embodiments include various algorithms that may be implemented using a combination of data structures, procedures, routines, or other programming components and may be implemented using a programmatic or descriptive Language (including C, C++, Java, combination program, etc.) implementation. Functional aspects may be implemented using an algorithm running on one or more processors. In addition, exemplary embodiments of the present invention may employ one typical technique for at least one of electronic environment setting, signal processing, and data processing. Terms such as "mechanism", "element", "member" and "composition" are used in a broad sense and are not limited to mechanical and physical configurations. These terms may include the meaning of a series of software routines associated with a processor or the like.

The exemplary embodiments described above are examples only, and other exemplary embodiments may be implemented within the scope of the claims described later.

10: Electronic device 12: Communication device 14: storage device 16: Controller 20: User terminal 30: Fulfillment Center 100: first item 110: Inventory unit of measure 120: Operation 130: Inventory unit of measure 200: second item 300: Item/Specific Item 310: time point/date of stocking up 320: time point 330: The first item cycle 340: time point 350: The second item cycle 360: due date 370: discard cycle 400: Item information provision page/page 410: Information 420: Sales Information 430: Remaining discount period 500: Item information provision page 510: Information 520: Sales information 530: information 600: shopping cart page 610: Purchase condition information 620: order information 621: Discount information 622: Information S701: Operation S702: operation S703: Operation S704: operation

FIG. 1 illustrates a system for a method of providing item information according to an example embodiment. FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a method of allocating a portion of a first item as one of a second item, according to an example embodiment. 3 is a diagram illustrating a state of a stock keeping unit (SKU) based on a storage time in a FC, according to an example embodiment. FIG. 4 illustrates a diagram of an item information providing page according to an exemplary embodiment. FIG. 5 illustrates a diagram of an item information providing page according to another exemplary embodiment. FIG. 6 illustrates a diagram of a shopping cart page according to an order for a second item, according to an example embodiment. FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing item information according to an example embodiment. FIG. 8 is a block diagram of an electronic device for a method of providing item information according to an exemplary embodiment. FIG. 9 is a block diagram of a user terminal for a method for providing item information according to an exemplary embodiment.

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A method of providing item information based on a shelf life of an item in an electronic device, the method comprising: identifying a first item provided by an item sales service and having first identification information; checking a remaining shelf-life of a plurality of stock keeping unit (SKU) corresponding to the first item in a fulfillment center; assigning a first set of SKUs among the plurality of SKUs with the remaining shelf life corresponding to a first condition as a second item with second identification information; and Using the item sales service to provide information about the second item to a user terminal. The method of claim 1, wherein the information about the first item is provided on a first page, the information about the second item is provided on a second page, and the first page and the second page different. The method of claim 2, wherein the providing the information about the second item includes: generating the second page containing the information about the second item based on the information about the first item; and The second page is provided to the user terminal. The method according to claim 3, wherein, after the second page is generated, purchase review information about the first item is recorded on the first page, and purchase review information about the second item is recorded on the second page Information. The method of claim 1, further comprising: receiving a purchase request for the second item from the user terminal; and A shopping cart page including discount information for the second item is provided in response to the purchase request. The method of claim 5, wherein the discount information includes information about a service applied to the purchase of the second item and a discount rate of the second item. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the providing the information about the second item includes providing the information about the plurality of second items in ascending order of remaining discount periods corresponding to the plurality of second items, and The information about the plurality of second items includes a sales price, a discount rate, and a remaining discount period for each of the plurality of second items. The method of claim 7, wherein the discount rate for each of the plurality of second items is set differently over time, and The sales price of each of the plurality of second items is a price obtained by applying the discount rate of each of the plurality of second items to the sales price of the first item. The method of claim 7, wherein the information about the plurality of second items is displayed differently depending on whether the remaining discount period is less than or equal to a predetermined time for the plurality of second items. The method of claim 1, wherein the first condition is a condition wherein the remaining shelf life among the plurality of SKUs corresponding to the first item is less than or equal to a first period. The method as claimed in item 10, further comprising: after providing the information about the second item, removing from the fulfillment center SKUs of the first set of SKUs having the remaining shelf-life corresponding to a second condition, wherein the second condition is a condition wherein the remaining shelf life of the SKUs of the first set is less than or equal to a second period shorter than the first period. The method of claim 1, further comprising: receiving a purchase request for the second item from the user terminal; and In response to the purchase request, a pick request for one of the first set of SKUs is sent to the fulfillment center. The method of claim 1, further comprising: updating the first set of SKUs promptly after identifying a sale of the second item and the remaining shelf life of the plurality of SKUs; and The information about the second item is modified according to the updated first set of SKUs. The method according to claim 1, wherein the information about the second item is provided to a user who satisfies a preset condition among users authorized to use the item sales service. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium including a computer program for executing the method of claim 1. An electronic device for providing item information based on a shelf life of an item, the electronic device comprising: a communication device; a storage device; and a controller configured to control the communication device and the storage device, where the controller is configured to: identifying a first item provided by an item sales service and having first identification information through the storage device; checking a remaining shelf life of a plurality of stock keeping units (SKUs) corresponding to the first item in a fulfillment center via the communication device; assigning a first set of SKUs among the plurality of SKUs with the remaining shelf life corresponding to a first condition as a second item with second identification information; and Providing information about the second item to a user terminal using the item sales service via the communication device. A terminal for providing item information based on a shelf life of an item, the terminal comprising: a communication device; an output device; and a processor operatively coupled to the communication device and the output device, where the processor is configured to: receiving information about a first item with first identification information and information about a second item with second identification information from an electronic device via the communication device; providing the information about the first item on a first page via the output device; and generating a second page based on the information about the first item and providing the information about the second item on the second page via the output device, and The second item is an item corresponding to a first set of SKUs among a plurality of stock-keeping units (SKUs) corresponding to the first item, the first set of SKUs having a remaining shelf life corresponding to a first condition .

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